Merge pull request #21102 from github/smowton/admin/respect-config-paths-filters-pre-finalize

All languages: account for paths and paths-ignore in XML and other ancillary extraction

python/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-01-06-paths-directives-ancillary-data.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* When a code-scanning configuration specifies the `paths:` and/or `paths-ignore:` settings, these are now taken into account by the Python extractor's search for YAML files.

python/tools/pre-finalize.cmd

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 type NUL && "%CODEQL_DIST%\codeql" database index-files ^
     --include-extension=.yaml ^
     --include-extension=.yml ^
+    --also-match-lgtm-index-filters ^
     --size-limit=5m ^
     --language yaml ^
     -- ^

python/tools/pre-finalize.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -eu
 "$CODEQL_DIST/codeql" database index-files \
     --include-extension=.yaml \
     --include-extension=.yml \
+    --also-match-lgtm-index-filters \
     --size-limit=5m \
     --language yaml \
     -- \